Money-changing machine.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.11.1905.

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PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

E. D. HALE.

MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

.LPPLIATIOI YILED SEPT. 11.1905.

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UNITED STATES LBERT D. HALE, CF ROGERS, ARKANSAS.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907l v 'Application ined sepamberll, 1905. sono Nn. 277.962.

To r/./ fir/mm. it my concern:

Be it known that l, ELnEn'r I). HALE, a

citizen et the lnited States, residing at logi ers, in the county cf Bent-.ni and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new :and Aients in Money-Chaiiging useful Iinprm Machines, of which the following is a specili- ,i

cation.

My invention contemplates certain iniprovenients in inener-changing apparatus of that class in which the desa-'ed com is ejected in a chute bv simply pressing down :1 keylever with the proper dcno'ttiination designated thereon.

The obiect ofthe invention is to provide a device of this character which may be used not only for the purpose ot electing a coin or any nuinber ot' coins for the purpose ol' making change, but which may also be used foi the purpose subtracting coins when a sale has been made, s-.i that :ill :'iniioyance arising i from mental calculations is avoided, theapparatus automatically making the desired subtraction, .so as to obtain the proper change,

it being only necessary for the operator to press down the key ot' the proper denomination designating the selling cost of the article. .y

'ith these and othei'obiects in view the invention consists in a novel mechanism whereby the actuation of the coin-electing f devices maybe readily ell'cc.ted,and also consists in certain detail arrangements and construction of the parts,raswill be described more fully hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledm of the details oli4 construction 0f the means for cil'ecting the result, reference is to be had to the folloi'ying description and accompanying drawings, .i'nwhich- Figure 1 is -r face or front view of my iinproved money-changing appmatus witlitiie cover removed. Fig. .2 is a-'longitndinal section thereof.` F 3 is :rdetail perspective View illustrating l:ne series of superposed coin-electing Slides, the slides being spaced from each other for the purposes of illustra.- tion only, as in practice theylie directly one upon the other.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designatesa suitable casing providedwith a base 2, underneath which 1s a chute.3," lcsigiied to convey the desired esinsiiiti-i any receptacle.

predetermined number of cylindrical coincups 5, which are alike in construction except that they vary in diameter according to the l diameter of the coins which they are intended to accommodate. At the bottom of each coin-cup is located a pre:leterinined number of coin-electing platestLeach of which is of approximate thickness equal to the width of the cr s it is intended to eject and each of which is also provided with a coin opening or socket T, ef a diameter equal to the coin which it is intended to discharge.. These coin-electing plates 6 may be in vertical series one above the other. depending upon tlnj number of coins that it is desired to eject at one time. aml each plate is provided with an aperture S, designed to receive one end of a spring-actuating rod 9, secured, preferably. to Athe back of the casing.

acli plate except the bottom one is provided with a recess l() for the passage therethrough of the rods El, so that, for instance,

most plate, only that plate will be drawn to eject a single coin. and in lil-1e manner one, two. three. four. or any desired number of the plates` may be simultaneously drawn, the recess of each plate supplying a clearance for the actuating-rods ofthe plates below it. l For each rod there is a corresponding actuating-lever, which in this instance is designated 11. 'lach lever is fulcrunied enA the I back of the casing and'is provided with two l arms, one of which ei'igages one or more of i the rods t) and the other of which is provided I' with the proper designating key or lingerpicce. 'As a concrete example, let it be asl sumcd that the apparatus here illustrated is l both a coin-delivering apparatus and also an l apparatus for subfracting automatically any amount to give the required change from a. i given bill wii hout the operator having to comrpute tl1e. `airie.v r l 1i At the left hand otl the apparatus there is l arranged a coin-cup for silver dollars. Y In or-` der to give the proper amount in change from a five-dollar bill, l. ha Je arranged below the main discharge end of said cup 5 ejectingplates one above the other, to each of which is secured one of the actuating-rods 9 and for the operating of which there are provided four levers. Sach of the keys or fingerpieces vof these levers displayl two characters and for the purpose of distinguishing the meaning of the characters ofeach key the upsuch as a. tray-. Mounted'oil the base 2 isa..l. per character of each key is an Arabic nul I by actuating the rod .L secured to the lowerl meral, while beneath it is Homan. 'Inthis instance it will be seen that one. key contains the characters Another contains the characters Another contains the char- 2.. lll` 4 another. Il I sale has been made and the purchaser hands the (realer a tive-dollar bill, all the latter has acters Now it' a one-dollar to do is 'to press down the key. marked 1in When only the lowerinost plate ot' that cup will be drawn and only one coin will be discharged into the chute.

It, is obvious that various and almost unlimited combinations may be made by my invention, only depending upon the number of coin-ejecting plates superposed, as described, and, furthermore, if ity is desired tomake change automatically to subtract any odd amount-such,. for instance, as to make one dollar and fifty-one cents ch e--it will be only necessary for the operator to press the proper keys. lt is preferred to have the twenty-tive-cent-column and the tive-cent column operate singly, because these amounts" are so frequently in demand in making change.

It is to be understood that the coins are dropped through openings in the plate 12 when the coins are moved rearwardly by eieot-ing-plates, so as to allow one or more of the coins to'drop into the chtite 3.

IIaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. vflevice of the character described comprisiag cups for coins of dn'erent denominations, coin-ejecting plates arranged in superposed serles of predeternuned number and each arranged to eject a single coin from its respective cup. an operating-rod secured to each otsaid plates, and the latter provided with recesses asdcseribed for the clearance of said rods. and operating-levers arranged to actuate one ormore of said rods at a time.

2. In a device of the character described, a, series of cups for. coins of dillerent denominations, a predetermined number of coin-ejecting plates, set one above the other in said cups and each arr: nged to eject therefrom a single coin. cach of said plates being provided with an aperture S, and all but the bottom plate being provided with a recess, operatingrods passing down through said recesses and each secured to one of the plates, and means for actuating any number of said rods at a time.

2i. A device of the character described, comprising a coin-receiving cup, a predetermined number of coin-eiecting plates arranged one above the other in the bottom of said cup and each arranged to eject a single coin therefrom, each of said plates but the bottom plate being provided with a recess, the recesses beiugoln different sizes, operatingrods passing down through said recesses and each secured to one of the plates, and levers arranged to actuate one or more of said rods at a time.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a series of cups designed to contain coins of ditl'erent denominations, a predetermined number of coin-ejecting plates mounted one upon the other in the bottoms of said cr ,s and eat-'h arr-ai ed to ejecttherefrom a single coin, each of said plates, except; the bottom plate,` being provided with a recess, and the said recesses of the respective plates increasing in widthtoward the uppermost plate., spring-operating rods secured to the respective plates and passing down through the clearance provided by said. recesses, anda series of levers provided with arms arranged to respectively actuate one or more of said rods at a time.

In testimony whereof l alix my signature loo in lpresence of two witnesses.

` ELBERT D. HALE.

'itnesses Jxo. R. Sums, 1t. H. MLLLs. 

